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[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785).
at abbey-lubber, n.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785).
at bit, adj.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: Chouse, a trick or sham.
at chouse, n.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: Garnish. [In gaols] Fetters. A cant term.
at garnish, n.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: Garnish. To fit with fetters. A cant term.
at garnish, v.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. n.p.: A cant name for a woman’s curls, supposed to break the hearts of all her lovers .
at heartbreaker, n.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: Lungs. Formerly a cant term denoting a large and strong-voiced man.
at lung, n.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: mobility [In cant language] The populace.
at mobility, n.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: Primely [...] 2. Excellently, supremely well. A low sense.
at prime, adv.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: Scruze, This word [...] is still preserved, at least in its corruption, to scrouge, in the London jargon.
at scrouge, v.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: To Shab v.n., to play mean tricks; a low barbarous cant word.
at shab, v.
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785).
at soak, v.1
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785).
at soaker, n.1
[UK] Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (1785) n.p.: stout. A cant name for strong beer.
at stout, n.
[UK] H.J. Todd (ed.) Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. n.p.: Bu’llirag [...] trhis is the northern pronunciation and writing of ballarag [...] to insult in a bullying manner.
at ballyrag, v.
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